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Do Giant Oilfield Discoveries Fuel Internal Armed Conflicts?

Lei, Yu-Hsiang; Michaels, Guy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We use new data to examine the effects of giant oilfield discoveries around the world since 1946. On average, these discoveries increase per capita oil production and oil exports by up to 50 percent. But these giant oilfield discoveries also have a dark side: they increase the incidence of...

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Rural Windfall or a New Resource Curse? Coca, Income and Civil Conflict in Colombia

Angrist, Joshua; Kugler, Adriana D. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Natural and agricultural resources for which there is a substantial black market, such as coca, opium, and diamonds, appear especially likely to be exploited by the parties to a civil conflict. On the other hand, these resources may also provide one of the few reliable sources of income in the...

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External shocks, internal shots: the geography of civil conflicts

Berman, Nicolas; Couttenier, Mathieu - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

cost theories of war. …

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The Struggle for Palestinian Hearts and Minds: Violence and Public Opinion in the Second Intifada

Jaeger, David A; Klor, Esteban F; Miaari, Sami; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This paper examines how violence in the Second Intifada influences Palestinian public opinion. Using micro data from a series of opinion polls linked to data on fatalities, we find that Israeli violence against Palestinians leads them to support more radical factions and more radical attitudes...

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Israel, the Palestinian Factions and the Cycle of Violence

Jaeger, David A; Paserman, M. Daniele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

In this study we extend our previous work to examine the dynamic relationship between violence committed by Palestinian factions and that committed by Israel during the Second Intifada. We find a statistically significant relationship between Israeli fatalities claimed by groups associated with...

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Public Safety and the Moral Dilemma in the Defense Against Terror

Franck, Raphael; Hillman, Arye L.; Krausz, Miriam - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

The economic theory of defense has traditionally described public safety as achieved through investments that deter adversaries. Deterrence is however ineffective, and preemptive defense is required, when a population of intended victims confronts supreme-value suicide terror. A moral dilemma...

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Defense R&D in the Anti-Terrorist Era

Trajtenberg, Manuel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

defense R&D policy. First, it reviews the defining trends of defense R&D since the Cold War, and brings in pertinent empirical … larger than Russia. Big weapon systems, key during the Cold War but of dubious significance since then still figure … security. Intelligence emerges as the key aspect of the war against terrorism and, accordingly, R&D aimed at providing advanced …

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International Terrorism, Political Instability and the Escalation Effect

Campos, Nauro F; Gassebner, Martin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

What are the main causes of international terrorism? The lessons from the surge of academic research that followed 9/11 remain elusive. The careful investigation of the relative roles of economic and political conditions did little to change the fact that existing econometric estimates diverge...

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Macroeconomic Consequences of Terror: Theory and the Case of Israel

Eckstein, Zvi; Tsiddon, Daniel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper analyses the effect of terror on the economy. Terror endangers life such that the value of the future relative to the present is reduced. Hence, due to a rise in terror activity, investment goes down, and in the long run income and consumption go down as well. Governments can offset...

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Collateral Damage: Trade Disruption and the Economic Impact of War

Glick, Reuven; Taylor, Alan M. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

study the effects of war on bilateral trade for almost all countries with available data extending back to 1870. Using the …" costs of war, such as lost human capital, as illustrated by case studies of World War I and World War II. …

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